Plants leaves bamboo. However all bamboo have green leaves with the exception of a few varieties with green leaves and gold stripes. In bamboo as in other grasses the internodal regions of the stem are usually hollow and the vascular bundles in the cross section are scattered throughout the. The stalk of a bamboo is called a culm. Their towering stems make them ideal fencing or screeningeasy to grow and hardy they work well as a focal point in garden borders or planted in large patio containers.
The bamboos b ae m b u are evergreen perennial flowering plants in the subfamily bambusoideae of the grass family poaceaethe word bamboo comes from the dutch or portuguese languages which probably borrowed it from malay. Instead its generally accepted that the name was created as a way of marketing a quite standard and seldom grown houseplant. Though not giants of the jungle. Instead of maintaining the nice twisted corkscrews or interlocking patterns the new shoots tend to grow straight up.
The truth of the matter is that dracaena sanderiana when grown normally is quite boring the leaves tend to be spaced out and although they can have pretty markings theyre quite small and often. The culms range in color from green to gold to black and some are striped. Attractive at first they will quickly result in an unbalanced plant. Lucky bamboo is not actually bamboo and may or may not actually be lucky.
Landscape plants mostly woody ie shrubs and trees in this volume are listed in alphabetical order by genus from p pachysandra through z zelkovafrom the list below select a letter which corresponds to the first letter of the genus you wish to view or if listed the genus itself or search the common name list. Clumping bamboo plants clumping bamboo. A great little bamboo which can be used for screening features or timber. Forest plants of old bamboos evoke images of another continent but with the impact they can have on our landscape it may feel more like another planet.
Bamboo is an amazing plant that can grow almost 4 feet a day. Bamboo plants are fantastic for adding an architectural or exotic element to your garden. Buy bamboo and plant something special and unique in your landscape. This is volume 3 of oregon state universitys landscape plants web site.